[alrs]

One could build up a reputation with a completely anonymous PGP key. That was somewhat the point of USENET ca. 1998.

[edoceo]

I think we could do something like that again. Need a reputation to follow you around. Humans need to know who they are dealing with.

[Terr_]

I want that to be how things work, although recent history has not been favorable when it comes to Public Key Infrastructure as applied to individuals. Inconvenience, foot-guns, required technical expertise levels, the pain of revocation lists...